Abstract: This is a discrete collection containing two boxes of miscellaneous materials that were collected by Charles Schermerhorn
in relation to Carlos Almaraz and the Los Four. Almaraz was one of the members of Los Four, a group of influential artists
in the Chicano Art Movement in Los Angeles. They broke into the mainstream art world with the first significant Chicano exhibition
at the Los Angeles County Museum. Almaraz was well traveled and well received by collectors. He died in 1989 of AIDS at the
age of 48.

Physical Location: del Norte

Language of Materials: The collection is in English.

Scope and Content

This is a discrete collection containing two boxes of miscellaneous materials that were collected by Charles Schermerhorn
in relation to Carlos Almaraz and the Los Four. Almaraz was one of the members of Los Four, a group of influential artists
in the Chicano Art Movement in Los Angeles. They broke into the mainstream art world with the first significant Chicano exhibition
at the Los Angeles County Museum. Almaraz was well traveled and well received by collectors. He died in 1989 of AIDS at the
age of 48.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.